Accountability vs Rebuke - What's the difference?
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The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness; responsible for; answerable for.
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(military) The obligation imposed by law or lawful order or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)
A harsh criticism.
* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
To criticise harshly; to reprove.
Accountability is a related term of rebuke.
As nouns the difference between accountability and rebuke
is that accountability is the state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness; responsible for; answerable for while rebuke is a harsh criticism.As a verb rebuke is
to criticise harshly; to reprove.accountability
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(wikipedia accountability)Noun
(en-noun)Usage notes
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* accountablenessSee also
* responsibilityReferences
rebuke
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(en noun)Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.